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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

December 4, 2005Elbert County, Georgia

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this tornado warning at Dec 4, 2005, 4:43 PM EST for Elbert County, Georgia. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 4, 2005, 4:43 PM EST (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 5:18 PM EST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Elbert County, GA

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-12-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 2005-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KGSP 042143
TORGSP
GAC105-042230-
/O.NEW.KGSP.TO.W.0028.051204T2143Z-051204T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
443 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ELBERT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA

* UNTIL 530 PM EST

* AT 438 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MIDDLETON AROUND 450 PM EST...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE
ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.

LAT...LON 3415 8275 3415 8272 3410 8266 3407 8265
      3404 8262 3399 8259 3400 8289 3401 8290
      3409 8291

$$
LANE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 042202
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
501 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAC105-042230-
/O.CON.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051204T2230Z/
ELBERT GA-
501 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR ELBERT COUNTY...

AT 457 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF
FORTSONIA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF ELBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.

MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR STURDIER SHELTER. 
OTHERWISE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL OF YOUR HOME 
OR PLACE OF BUSINESS. MAKE SURE THERE ARE AS MANY WALLS AND FLOORS 
BETWEEN YOU AND THE OUTSIDE AS POSSIBLE. 

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3413 8267 3413 8264 3408 8258 3405 8257
      3402 8254 3397 8251 3398 8281 3399 8282
      3407 8283

$$

LANE
000 
WWUS52 KGSP 042218
SVSGSP

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
517 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAC105-042227-
/O.CAN.KGSP.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-051204T2230Z/
ELBERT GA-
517 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ELBERT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...SO 
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3413 8267 3413 8264 3408 8258 3405 8257
      3402 8254 3397 8251 3398 8281 3399 8282
      3407 8283

$$

LANE

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Dec 4, 3:39 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 3:39 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
339 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 18Z SHOWS COLD FRONT LYING ACROSS MOUNTAINS...
WHILE KGSP/KHTX RADARS SHOW EXTENSIVE CONVECTION DEVELOPING AND
MOVING ENE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. SHORT TERM CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL
NECESSITATE A HIGH PRECIP CHANCE...LIKELY OR CATEGORICAL...RIGHT OFF
THE BAT. WILL ALSO HAVE TO INCLUDE THUNDER AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY
PART OF THE EVENING...OWING TO LIGHTNING DETECTED IN THE ACTIVITY
ACROSS N GA. RADAR TRENDS OFF TO THE WEST SUGGEST OUR PRECIP MODE
WILL BE CONVECTIVE FOR THE VERY NEAR TERM...SO THAT WILL BE
REFLECTED IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT...ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA.

AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS THE SURFACE LOW ORGANIZES...ALL SORTS OF FORCING
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE SW. THIS
SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE SO MUCH GOING FOR IT THAT A CATEGORICAL POP
SEEMS MORE THAN REASONABLE. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHEN THE COLD AIR TO
THE NORTH AND WEST WILL MAKE ITS PRESENCE FELT. THE MODELS SUGGEST
THAT TIME WILL NOT BE UNTIL SUNRISE OVER THE MOUNTAINS...WHICH SEEMS
REASONABLE AT THIS POINT. EVEN IF THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS OF THE
NRN MOUNTAINS MANAGE A CHANGE TO SOME MIX OF RAIN/FREEZING
RAIN/SNOW...IT SHOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE ENOUGH THAT IT DOES NOT
BEAR A MENTION IN THE ZFP. WILL GO WITH A COLD RAIN OVER THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH TEMPS BEGINNING A
DRAMATIC DROP OFF AFTER 09Z.

AS COLD AIR WRAPS AROUND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA...SNOW LEVELS
WILL RAPIDLY LOWER ACROSS THE NORTHERN NC MNTNS...WITH MOST LOCATIONS
(WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERHAPS THE LOWEST VALLEYS)...EXPECTED TO
TRANSITION TO A SLEET/SNOW MIX BY MID-MORNING. A MAX IN H7
FRONTOGENESIS WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWFA...
LIKELY PLACING THE RISING BRANCH OF THE ASSOCIATED AGEOSTROPHIC
CIRCULATION SQUARELY OVER THE NORTHERN MNTNS. EPV PROGS INDICATE
SOME INSTABILITY WITHIN THIS REGION OF FORCING...SO BANDED PRECIP
APPEARS TO BE A POSSIBILITY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WILL UPGRADE THE
WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THIS AREA...WITH GENERALY 2-5 INCH AMOUNTS
EXPECTED. AS ONE MOVES LOWER IN THE ATMOSPHERE...THE DEPTH/TIMING OF
THE COLD AIR BECOMES VERY UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...AS STRONG NORTHEAST
FLOW DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING
CYCLONE...RESULTANT UPSLOPE FLOW WILL CREATE 2 RESPONSES: AN
ADDITIONAL SOURCE OF COOLING AND MESOSCALE ENHANCEMENT TO THE STRONG
LARGE SCALE FORCING. THEREFORE...WILL ALSO UPGRADE THE NORTHERN
FOOTHILL ZONES TO A WARNING...BUT MAINLY STRESS LOCATIONS ALONG THE
BLUE RIDGE. FURTHER SOUTH...THE COLDER AIR WILL BE SOMEWHAT
DELAYED...AS THE SURFACE LOW TRANSLATES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.
HOWEVER...ENOUGH COLD AIR SHOULD FILTER INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
OF THE NC MNTNS TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500
FEET. PERIODS OF SLEET AND/OR SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE VALLEYS
OF THE CENTRAL MNTNS...AS WELL AS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE
FOOTHILLS AND THE PIEDMONT DURING THE AFTERNOON...BUT CONFIDENCE
THAT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACHIEVED IN THESE AREAS REMAINS VERY
LOW...SO WILL SIMPLY CARRY CHANCES FOR WINTRY PRECIP ATTM.

&&

.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
VERY LITTLE CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST ATTM. DRY AND COOL HIGH
PRESSURE IS GENERALLY IN CONTROL DURING THIS PERIOD. THE GFS
CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM TO
AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO. HOWEVER...AS IT HAS
BEEN APT TO DO OVER THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS...THE LATEST RUN HAS
DELAYED TIMING OF THIS POSSIBILITY TO DAY 7. WILL CONTINUE WITH A
DRY BUT COOL FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

&&

.AVIATION...
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...RADAR/SATELLITE TRENDS SUGGEST
AN INVASION OF CONVECTIVE CLOUDS FROM THE WEST AS SURFACE FRONT LAYS
DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN CAROLINAS. THIS SHOULD BRING MVFR CEILINGS
TO ALL TAF SITES ON A TEMPORARY BASIS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS...WITH SOME MVFR VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE IN SHOWERS...BUT TAFS
WILL KEEP ONLY VCSH. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE WATCHED AT KAND FOR
THE ADDITION OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.

THE FORECAST SHOULD GO QUICKLY DOWNHILL LATER THIS EVENING AS A WAVE
DEVELOPS ON THE FRONT ALONG THE NRN GULF COAST. MVFR CEILINGS SHOULD
SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BY 04Z AT THE VERY LATEST...AND
LIKELY SEVERAL HOURS PRIOR TO THAT. PRECIP SHOULD DEVELOP AS ALL
MANNER OF FORCING MOVES IN DURING THE LATE EVENING/EARLY MORNING
HOURS. WITH THAT IN MIND...EXPECT CEILINGS/VISIBILITIES TO CRASH
DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH WIDESPREAD IFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED AT ALL TAF SITES BY 12Z AT THE VERY LATEST. EXPECT SOME LOW
IFR CONDITIONS MONDAY MORNING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO
INCLUDE THIS IN TAFS AND I DO NOT WANT TO MUDDY THE WATER WITH
ANOTHER TEMPO GROUP IN THE OUTLOOK PERIOD. THE IFR CONDITIONS SHOULD
NOT IMPROVE UNTIL AFTER THE END OF TAF PERIOD AT 18Z...PROBABLY SOME
TIME LATE MONDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PASSES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS.

&&

.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
NC...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR NCZ033-049-050 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6
     AM TUESDAY.
  ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NCZ034-054-055 FROM 6 AM
     MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT TUESDAY.
  ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NCZ048-051>053-058 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM
     MONDAY.
SC...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...MOORE/LANE
LONG TERM...LANE
AVIATION...MOORE
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 6:06 AM EST, 10 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
606 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-051115-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
606 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
GEORGIA...PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A FEW WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...THE MOUNTAINS OF THE WESTERN
UPSTATE AND THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR THESE AREAS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE UPSTATE AND NORTHEAST
GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...AS
WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LATER TONIGHT AND
SPREAD INTO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY.
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS...AND EVEN AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS...THE SNOW AND
SLEET COULD MAKE IT AS FAR SOUTHEAST AS SALISBURY...KANNAPOLIS
AND THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF CHARLOTTE.

FARTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE UPSTATE...THE SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
PIEDMONT AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA...HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE ISOLATED
FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MCAVOY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 4, 11:00 AM EST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
1100 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-042100-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
1100 AM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...ACTIVE WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY...

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON. THE ENVIRONMENT AHEAD OF THE
FRONT HAS BECOME UNSTABLE AND SUITABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE THE FRONT MOVES EAST OFF THE MOUNTAINS IT IS
EXPECTED TO STALL AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
AND ALABAMA. THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT
SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS INTO MONDAY MORNING. IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS COULD
OCCUR OVER THE PIEDMONT...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85...THIS
AFTERNOON.

COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE MOUNTAINS LATE TONIGHT AND
SHOULD CONTINUE TO COOL DURING THE DAYTIME MONDAY. THESE COOLER
TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW OVER THE RIDGETOPS
AROUND SUNRISE MONDAY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL...SNOW
LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY FALL. BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ALONG WITH THE NORTH
CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT. HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS MONDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. LIGHT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40 ACROSS THE
FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT.

AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-85 FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO THE CHARLOTTE
METRO AREA MAY SEE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MONDAY. RAINFALL RATES SHOULD
STEADILY DIMINISH MONDAY EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST
ALONG THE COAST. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL EAST OF I-85 COULD RANGE
FROM AN INCH AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES. AREAS AFFECTED BY
THUNDERSTORMS COULD RECEIVE HIGHER AMOUNTS. FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS ALONG WITH URBAN AREAS COULD RESULT MONDAY.

JONES
Special weather statement, Dec 4, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
242 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-
SCZ001>014-019-050400-
RABUN-HABERSHAM-STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-AVERY-CALDWELL-
ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD-
BUNCOMBE-MCDOWELL-BURKE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-
MACON-SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-POLK-RUTHERFORD-
CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON-MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-
OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS-GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS-
GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS-GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-
CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE-LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-
GREENWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...CLARKESVILLE...TOCCOA...
HARTWELL...ELBERTON...NEWLAND...STATESVILLE...MOCKSVILLE...
SPRUCE PINE...CHEROKEE...WAYNESVILLE...ASHEVILLE...MARION...
MORGANTON...HICKORY...SALISBURY...SYLVA...FRANKLIN...BREVARD...
HENDERSONVILLE...COLUMBUS...RUTHERFORDTON...SHELBY...LINCOLNTON...
GASTONIA...CHARLOTTE...CONCORD...MONROE...GREENVILLE...
SPARTANBURG...GAFFNEY...ROCK HILL...ANDERSON...ABBEVILLE...
LAURENS...UNION...CHESTER...GREENWOOD
242 PM EST SUN DEC 4 2005

...STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA INTO EARLY MONDAY NIGHT...

MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WAS PROVIDING FUEL
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...NORTH GEORGIA...INTO THE
WESTERN CAROLINAS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE NIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD OCCUR...MAINLY
IN PIEDMONT SECTIONS...SOUTHEAST OF INTERSTATE 85. SOME OF THE
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL REPEAT OVER THE SAME AREAS...WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL A THREAT OVER PARTS OF THE PIEDMONT AND FOOTHILLS.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT ALONG AREA
INTERSTATES AS THE RAIN INCREASES IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY.
PONDING OF WATER WILL INCREASE...AND THERE COULD BE SOME LOCAL
FLOODING BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY.

FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 IN NORTH
CAROLINA...SNOW WILL BECOME THE MAJOR CONCERN. AREAS FROM WEST OF
HICKORY TO THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE COULD BE AFFECTED BY SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS. IN MANY AREAS...HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3500 FEET
OR SO COULD HAVE ACCUMULATING SNOW DURING THE DAY MONDAY. WARM
TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AFTERNOON MAY DELAY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
ON ROADS UNTIL WELL INTO THE DAY MONDAY. FOR THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS AND HIGH ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS
HOWEVER...HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. IN
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...SOME SNOW IS
EXPECTED...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY LIGHT
AND MAINLY AT HIGH ELEVATIONS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA
SOURCE FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

JONES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 4, 4:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert51 min
Dec 4, 5:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPElbert34 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.